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Kentrox Modules

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Modules Version 2.4.4 Release Notes

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Table 1 Affected Types

Major Features Page 3

75229 -- Monitor Wireless Modem Signal Strength Page 3

75210 -- Vanguard TowerLight IR alarm control and alarming enhancement (v3.1 support)

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75193 -- Support MobileAccess 7.0 active alarm table Page 5

75145 - Show tower type as status point (A0, E2, etc) Page 6

74930 -- APC Galaxy 5000 UPS Support Page 8

75192 - Sensor Offset adjustment for fuel monitoring (pressure sensors) Page 10

73154 - Support propane tanks for fuel monitoring Page 11

74343 - Name battery string cell NEs so they maintain cell order Page 12

75482 - Add informational alarm capabilities to generic discrete monitoring

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75377 -- Ability to configure multiple RS485 devices on the same serial port in the module

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75476, 75078, 75540 -- Discrete Controlled ATS Support Page 15

Fixes Page 18

75436 - Flash Eagle stops communicating, cannot reconnect Page 18

75440 -- Issues with monitoring Andrew ION DAS systems using Intelligent (SNMP) Interface

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Remove Types Page 19

Issue List Pages 20 & 21


Kentrox ModulesRelease Notes

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Vendor Models Configured Types Issues

Andrew Commscope

ION AndrewIONDAS 75440

APC Galaxy 5000 *new*

APCGalaxyUPS 74930

BatteryDAQ M6 *new* BatteryDAQBatteryMonitor 75321, 74343

DeepSea 521052207320

DeepSea5210GeneratorDeepSea5220GeneratorDeepSea7320Generator

75377

Dialight Medium Intensity,High Intensity,

Red Only

DialightMediumIntensityTowerLight,DialightMediumIntensityDiscreteTowerLight,DialightHighIntensityTowerLight,DialightHighIntensityDiscreteTowerLight,DialightRedOnlyTowerLight,DialightRedOnlySmallTowerLight,DialightRedOnlyDiscreteTowerLight,DialightRedOnlySmallDiscreteTowerLight,

75145

Elkor WattsOn ElkorSplitPhasePowerMeterElkorThreePhasePowerMeter

75377

Flash Eagle,

LED

FlashEagle11TowerLight,FlashEagle11DiscreteTowerLight,FlashEagle11EthernetTowerLight,FlashEagle11EthernetDiscreteTowerLight,FlashLEDTowerLight,FlashLEDDiscreteTowerLight

75145, 75436

Vanguard FlashVanguardSerialTowerLight,FlashVanguardSerialDiscreteTowerLight,FlashVanguardEthernetTowerLight,FlashVanguardEthernetDiscreteTowerLight,

75210, 75145

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Report Changes

Rectifier reports have been renamed Power Supply to encapsulate both UPS and Rectifier information.

Major Features75229 -- Monitor Wireless Modem Signal Strength

If a Remote has a wireless modem and the moduleMonitor has been configuredsignal strength will be monitored and provided to Optima. The application will create the following information:

MobileAccess

SC450 MobileAccessSC450DAS,MobileAccessSC450DiscreteDAS

75193

Westell Generic Discrete Monitoring

KentroxDiscreteMonitor 75482

Westell Propane Hall Effect *new*

FuelGaugeHallEffectSensor 73154

Westell Pressure based fuel monitoring

RectangularFuelTankPressureSensor,HorizontalCylinderFuelTankPressureSensor,VerticalCylinderFuelTankPressureSensor

75192


Vendor Models Configured Types Issues

Table 2 Wireless Modem Signal Strength

Type Name Values Description

measurement SignalStrength 0.0 - 5.5 Signal strength of the wireless interface

status-point SignalQuality VeryPoor, Poor, Fair, Good, VeryGood

Signal quality of the wireless interface

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Optima NE Tree

In Optima, if the modem exists and the moduleMonitor is configured, a component called modemMonitor also will be created. See Figure 1:

Figure 1-1 A modemMonitor child network element displays in the NE Tree beSite 1234 Monitor

Optima Live View

75210 -- Vanguard TowerLight IR alarm control and alarming enhancement (v3.1 support)

Table 3 Issue 75210 Parameters

Name Type DefaultValue

Options Description

irAlarmIsNightAlarm enumeration enable disable,enable

Whether IR alarms are bound to night mode

irEnabled enumeration enable disable,enable

Whether or not to enable IR output of capable beacons

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New Behavior

if irEnabled -- “disable”:

ignore IR alarms

if irEnabled == "enable" and irAlarmIsNightAlarm == "enable":

TowerCritical (IR ALARM, IR N/A)

if irEnabled == "enable" and irAlarmIsNightAlarm == "disable":

TowerWarning (IR ALARM, IR N/A)

Configuration

config site network-element towerLight

...

param irAlarmIsNightAlarm [ enable | disable ]

param irEnabled [ enable | disable ]

...

75193 -- Support MobileAccess 7.0 active alarm table

MobileAccess firmware version 7.0 provided a new pollable SNMP table, the aalarm table. This table provides a similar mechanism to other DAS devices that allows accurate sync of all active alarms on the system. Instead of attempting to walk the events table (that could contain thousands of entries and still not provide the correct data), the application will use this table.

As with other DAS types, the MobileAccess will now fully sync (inventory and actialarms) at startup, periodically (as configured), and on demand (via control).

The application support will only function on a device with a firmware version of 7.0 or greater. We no longer support anything earlier than 7.0. Having an incompatible version will trigger the IncompatibleVersion alarm.

No configuration changes are necessary to enable this functionality.

New Alarm

Alarm Severity Description

IncompatibleVersion Critical Device was polled and an incompatible version was found. Intelligent monitoring is disabled.

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75145 - Show tower type as status point (A0, E2, etc)

The FAA identifies different tower types (height, beacon count, etc) with specific style names. The application will "calculate" this style based on its configuration and present the style as a status point. See Table 4 below.

Table 4 Tower Types

Tower Type AOL? Beacons FAA Style

White No 6 B2

9 B3

12 B4

15 B5

18 B6

1 D1

2 D1 + 1

3 D2

4 D2 + 1

Yes 6 C2

9 C3

12 C4

15 C5

18 C6

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Red No 0 A0

1 A1

2 A1 + 1

3 A2

4 A2 + 1

5 A3

6 A3 + 1

7 A4

8 A4 + 1

9 A5

10 A5 + 1

11 A6

12 A6 + 1

Dual No 1 E1

2 E1 + 1

3 E2

4 E2 + 1

Yes 6 F2

9 F3

12 F4

15 F5

18 F6

Table 4 Tower Types

Tower Type AOL? Beacons FAA Style

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74930 -- APC Galaxy 5000 UPS Support

Elements

New Behavior

Added sync control action for UPS. UPS syncs automatically on startup. Manuawill clear additional alarms that cannot be synchronized.

Element Type Description

ups APCGalaxyUPS Main UPS Controller. Monitors overall UPS information.

upsBattery APCBatteryString Monitors battery string information from UPS

upsInputPower APCPowerMeter Monitors input power (utility power).

upsOutputPower APCPowerMeter Monitors output power (load side)

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Parameters

Name Type Default Value

Options Description

autoSyncDelay integer 1440 0 to 1440 Delay between auto sync (in minutes)

cutThroughhlp string 0.0.0.0 The IP address on which to allow cut-through connections

cutThroughPort integer 10200 1025 to 65536

The port on which to allow cut-through connections

description string empty string

Extra description about this NE

deviceHttpPort integer 80 1 to 65535

The http port of the device

devicelp string The IP address of the device

deviceSnmpAutoTimeout enumeration enable disable, enable

Whether to automatically adjust the SNMP timeout

deviceSnmpCommunity string public SNMP community string used to poll the device

deviceSnmpGetBulk enumeration enable disable, enable

Whether to use SNMP Get Bulk requests in device walks

deviceSnmpPort integer 161 SNMP Port of the device

deviceSnmpRetries integer 2 Number of times to retry SNMP requests

deviceSnmpTimeout integer 2 Number of seconds to wait for SNMP responses

deviceSnmpTrapCommunity string public SNMP community string in traps received from the device

deviceSnmpVersion enumeration V2C V1, V2C, V3

SNMP Version of the device

model string empty string

Extra model information about this NE

snmpManagerlp string 0.0.0.0 SNMP manager interface IP

snmpManagerPort integer 1162 1024 to 65535

Unique port for receiving SNMP traps (e.g. 1162)

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Example Configuration

Below is an example of simple configuration for the APC UPS.

config site network-element ups

type APCGalaxyUPS

param deviceIp <ipaddress>

Supported Reports

AC Line Current

AC Phase Voltage

Battery Charge Level

Battery Current

Battery Temperature

Battery Time Remaining

Battery Voltage

Power Supply Efficiency

Power Supply Output Power

Power Supply Utilization

Ranking: Battery Charge Level

Ranking: UPS Power Failures

Note: Rectifier reports renamed to Power Supply so that they would encapsboth UPS and Rectifier

75192 - Sensor Offset adjustment for fuel monitoring (pressure sensors)

When monitoring fuel tanks with a pressure sensor, there are varying reasons the sensor may not be able to be installed on the bottom of the tank. This could be to avoid sludge, the way the mounting works, etc. Also, the sensor itself may not be calibrated perfectly to the location of the tank (due to altitude and differences in atmospheric pressure, for example). Therefore, there are new calibration parameters added to compensate for the sensor readings and installation location.

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Configuration

Example Configuration

For example, to configure a sensor in a rectangular fuel tank, but is installed 3 inches from the bottom and is reading 10 gallons when empty, use the following:

# in case volume units are not set already

config site param volumeUnits gal

# in case distance units are not set already

config site param distanceUnits in

config site network-element fuelTank

type RectangularFuelTankPressureSensor

param capacity 200

param width 200

param length 100

param sensorInstallHeight 3

param calibrationUnits volume

param sensorCalibration -10

73154 - Support propane tanks for fuel monitoring

To monitor propane fuel tanks, Westell has integrated a Hall effect propane gauge sensor. This sensor sensor provides a 0-100% reading from the actual gauge and then, given a configured tank capacity, calculates current fuel level. From there, fuel monitoring is handled exactly as the pressure based fuel monitoring application.

Parameter Options Default Value Description

sensorInstallHeight n/a 0.013 The height of the sensor in the tank (in units as defined by distanceUnits param)

calibrationUnits PSI, volume volume Calibration in PSI or volume (in units as defined by volumeUnits param)

sensorCalibration n/a 0 The value the sensor reads when the tank is empty (in psi or volumeUnits)

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Configuration

An example configuration for a 500 gallon propane tank using a Hall effect sensor:

config site network-element fuelTank

type FuelGaugeHallEffectSensor

param capacity 500

param discrete 'analog 1/1'

74343 - Name battery string cell NEs so they maintain cell order

When battery cells were added to the dynamicCLI file, they were named Cell1, Cell2, ... Cell10. In Optima, standard alphanumeric ordering would create the list as follows:

Cell1

Cell10

Cell11

...

Cell2

Cell3

...

Now that battery cells are components and auto created, they are named (and ordered) appropriately as

batteryString_Cell_01




....





...

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75482 - Add informational alarm capabilities to generic discrete monitoring

There is an NE type that can be configured for generic discrete monitoring. The NE type will allow for an arbitrary number of critical alarms, major alarms, and informational alarms. In this release, the ability to have informational alarmadded.

Below are the configurable attributes for the KentroxDiscreteMonitor.

Configuration

The following example shows monitoring 3 dry contacts, one critical, one major, and one informational. The informational dry contact is set up as a mode monitoring both states independently.

config site network-element-set Discrete

instance E_23DBDiscrete

exit

config site network-element E_23DBDiscrete

type KentroxDiscreteMonitor

param warningInputs 1

param criticalInputs 1

Name Type Default Value Options Description

alarmSource enumeration parent both, components, parent

The network-element(s) that will report the alarms

criticalInputs integer 0 to 128 The number of critical inputs to monitor

description string empty string

Extra description about this NE

informationalinputs integer 0 to 128 The number of informational inputs to monitor

warningInputs integer 0 to 128 The number of warning inputs to monitor

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param alarmSource components

param informationalInputs 2

component E_23DBDiscreteCritical_001

param normalState close

param description 'Strobe #1'

param discrete 'input 1/1'

exit

component E_23DBDiscreteWarning_001


param description 'Marker'


exit

component E_23DBDiscreteInformational_001


param description 'Day Mode'


exit

component E_23DBDiscreteInformational_002

param normalState open

param description 'Night Mode'


exit

Optima

Optima will create a network element with components for each monitoring dcontact. Here’s an example with several configured alarm components.

Optima will show alarms in a normal fashion. Below is an example of alarms fthe above mentioned configuration.

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75377 -- Ability to configure multiple RS485 devices on the same serial port in the module

Previously, multiple power meters could be configured to be used on a single RS485 bus. However, the DeepSea required its own port for proper communication. Thisapplication package will allow configuring Elkor power meters and a DeepSea generator controller on the same bus. In addition, both devices have a configurable baudRate parameter to allow for matching communication speeds across device

Discrete Controlled ATS Support

75476 -- Support Basler with discrete controlled ATS for starting generator

75078 -- Support Generac H panel with discrete controlled ATS for startinggenerator

75540 -- Update discrete generator to work with discrete controlled ATS

The purpose of this feature is to allow for a certain kind of generator configurations as found at Verizon Wireless sites. At certain sites they are monitoring the Basler via Modbus (or the Generac). However, they do not wish to test the generator via modbus commands. Specifically because it will not cause the generator to test on load. So, in

NE Type New Parameter Description

ElkorSplitPhasePowerMeter baudRate Baud rate for serial communication

ElkorThreePhasePowerMeter baudRate Baud rate for serial communication

DeepSea5210Generator baudRate Baud rate for serial communication



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order to solve this issue there is a discrete that can be flipped on the ATS at a site causing a loaded generator test to occur.

Configuration

Basler + DiscreteControlledATS

config site control generator

param testingDuration 15

config site network-element mainsPowerDetection

type DiscretePowerDetection

param discrete ‘input 1/1’


config site network-element generator

type BaslerDGC2020Generator

param controller ‘serial 3’

param modbusAddress 125

param testOnLoad enable

config site network-element powerDistribution

type DiscreteControlledATS



param generatorTestControl ‘output 1/4’

Generac + DiscreteControlledATS








type GeneracH100Generator

param controller ‘serial 1’

param modbusAddress 100




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DiscreteGenerator + DiscreteControlledATS








type DiscreteGenerator









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Fixes75436 - Flash Eagle stops communicating, cannot reconnect

Flash Eagle can lose communication and not be able to reconnect. Resolved

75440 -- Issues with monitoring Andrew ION DAS systems using Intelligent (SNMP) Interface

ION-M systems identify the components of the DAS slightly differently than the ION-B systems. However, there are some hardware components that use even a more unique identity that has different rules for parsing. This update will handle the IPOI case and correctly map alarms to the appropriate device.

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Remove TypesThere used to be a need for certain generic NE types. These types, for example GeneratorControllerPowerMeter, would work with several different generator types. However, these have been deprecated and now removed in favor of specific NE types, for example GeneracHTSPowerMeter. The following types were removed forthis reason.

In addition, there were some "aggregate" types that were never customer implemented. The following types have been removed to avoid confusion.

Deprecated Generic Types

GeneratorControllerSplitPhasePowerMeter *removed*

GeneratorControllerThreePhasePowerMeter *removed*

RectifierSplitPhasePowerMeter *removed*

RectifierThreePhasePowerMeter *removed*

RectifierDCPowerMeter *removed*

Deprecated Unused Types

AggregateDoor *removed*

AggregateTemperature *removed*

AggregateUPS *removed*

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Issue List

Issue ID Version Description

75321 2.4.0 SupportBatteryDAQ M6

75229 2.4.0 Only monitor signal strength if modem exists - create as component

75210 2.4.0 75210 -- Vanguard TowerLight IR alarm control and alarming enhanceme(v3.1 support)

75193 2.4.0 75193 -- Support MobileAccess 7.0 active alarm table

75192 2.4.0 75192 - Sensor Offset adjustment for fuel monitoring (pressure sensors

75145 2.4.0 75145 - Show tower type as status point (A0, E2, etc)

74944 2.4.0 Migrate BatteryDAQ to use component NEs

74930 2.4.0 74930 -- APC Galaxy 5000 UPS Support

74343 2.4.0 74343 - Name battery string cell NEs so they maintain cell order

73154 2.4.0 73154 - Support propane tanks for fuel monitoring

75357 2.4.0 Module Monitor induces Interrupted System Call in FlashEagle11

75259 2.4.0 Andrew ION-M traps are not creating alarms in Optima

75199 2.4.0 Flash Vanguard not Alarming on ALI/QLI Failure

75144 2.4.0 ZTE Rectifier Alarm OIDs not translating in Event View

75079 2.4.0 WorkerSwampedException on FlashVanguardEthernetDiscreteTowerLight

75414 2.4.0 Dialight Small Red controllers do not tell us how many beacons are present

75412 2.4.0 XMLFileCollection alarm needs to clear if an SNMP inventory poll is successful

75326 2.4.0 BatteryDAQ different scale for internal resistance of 12V cells

75290 2.4.0 WorkerQueue alarm never happens

75225 2.4.0 Flash Vanguard not updating mode status point

75188 2.4.0 Debounce writeRegister the same as readRegister for Generac H-Panel Communications Errors

75432 2.4.1 More interrupted system call errors at ATC

75416 2.4.1 Flash Vanguard does not reference device for AOL status

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75436 2.4.2 75436 - Flash Eagle stops communicating, cannot reconnect

75482 2.4.3 75482 - Add informational alarm capabilities to generic discrete monitor

75476 2.4.3 Support Basler with discrete controlled ATS for starting generator

75078 2.4.3 Support Generac H panel with discrete controlled ATS for starting generator

75494 2.4.3 Optima does not support “Default” elements unless the Param def is on the NECategory

75440 2.4.3 75440 -- Issues with monitoring Andrew ION DAS systems using Intellig(SNMP) Interface

75377 2.4.3 75377 -- Ability to configure multiple RS485 devices on the same serial in the module

75540 2.4.4 Update discrete generator to work with discrete controlled ATS

Issue ID Version Description

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